Improved machine foe draining sugar



H.A.G0PPBSS; MAGHINE'FOR DRAINING SUGAR.

Patented June. 11, 186'?l @niet gram @anni @ma HIRAM COPESS, GREENVILLE, VOHIO.

,-LettersiPatent No. 65546,.`dzted Jima 11, 1867.

l IMPROVED MAGHINE FOB. DRAINING SUGAR.

TO TALL WHOM IT -MAY CON CERN':

B'e it known thatA I, HIRAM A. CorPEss, of Greenville, iu the county oi' Darke, and VState 'of Ohio, have invented a n'ew and improved Sorghum i Sugar Separator; and I do hereby declare that the following is a ful-l and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon'. vIn the drawingsy Figure l represents a perspective view of my invention; and

Figure 2 represents a sectional view of the cone and strainer. n 1

This invention is one of the class known in sugar-making as separators, having for its object the separation of the liquid from the solid residuum, after theevaporation of cane juice. This object is accomplished by my inve'ntionrin the' usual manner, z'. c., by means of a rotating strainer, which exerts e. eentripetal force npon the solid portion ofthe residuum, but not upon the liquidpso that the latter is thrown ed by its centrit'ngal force. v

While, however, my invention resembles 'others of its class iuits general features, it differs from any of them that I have seen or heard of, in the form of the rotating strainer, which is that of the frustum of acone, and in other'particulars hereinafter described. v

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation. il i I D represents the framework of the machine,rw,hich should be of strength sufficient to support the hollow cylinder C of sheetmetal which encloses the rotating strainer, and also' to support thevertical shaftSgwlrich passes up within the said cylinder and sustains the rotating strainer. AA represents the strainer, which consists in this instance of perforated sheet metal' lined with wire gauze.A Within this strainer, rigidly attached to its base, and concentric with its periphery, is a cone, B, of any suitable material, of a height nearly equal to that of the strainer, through' the apex of which passes the vertical shaft Sybefore -spoken of as sustaining the strainer. This cone is provided with a. number of radial ribs c extending frmpoints near its apex to its base. The strainer, with its'cone, having been set'in rotation, the stream of molasses to be operated upon is directed ugainstthe co'ne, and the ollice of the radial ribs is to knock the molasses in pieces, 'when thick,and throw it in masses against the gauze lining of the strainer, whereby its constituent parts are more etfectuslly separated. The strainer is of the form of .the frustum of a cone, in order .both to counteract the tendency imparted to the molasses by its centrifugal force to rise and overilow the upper edge of tle strainer', and to reect it downward when thrown in masses against the strainer from the coniealdistributer. This is a consideration of'considerable importance, as if the strainer were perpendicular or inclined outward, much of i-ts contents would he liable to .be thrown out in the two ways mentioned. H and H' arepulleys on the4 vertical shaft S, of which H is loose and H fast, through the operation of a feather and groeve or other Vsuitable contrvance. A belt is to connect the upper pulley with gearing operated by a. steam engine, and thus communicate the desired rotary motion to the strainer. When it is desired to 'stop the strainer without stopping t-he engine, this object is eifectcd by simply shifting the beltupon the loose pulley.

The adaptation of this invention to steam or other power, not human, is one of its greatest advantages, as it is killing business to the operator to run a. separator by hand.

The enclosing cylinder C is provided at its base with a iange projecting inward, and the flange at its inner edge is provided with a rim projecting upward, so that between the rim and thecylinder is a-channel in which the molasses-thrown against the cylinder fromthe strainer collects, and. whence it may he drawn off at pleasureF through the critic/. a.

What-I claim as new,- and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The rotating strainer of the form-of the frustum of a cone, as a-nd foll the purpose described.

2. The combination of th conical distributer with the radial ribs, substantially` as set forth.

3. The rotating strainer A, in combination ,with the conical distributor B, the vertical shaft S, the fast pulley H', and the loose pulley H, in the manner explained.V

` H. A. GOPPESS. [1.. s]- Witnesses:

A. T. WHITMAN, S. A. Hosrnr'rss. 

